The Wee Willie Winkie

Currently I am working on some pieces for the next Beasts & Beats Art Show. The theme this time is Nursery Rhymes. I've chosen Wee Willie Winkie. He's a Sandman type character that helps put restless kids to sleep. I envision him as a little scotsman sprite. Here i am trying to develop his look as well as those of the kids before I get started:

Avengers Forever!! w.i.p...

working in progress on a little illustration.

I Pity The Fool...

I pity the fool that falls asleep when I paint on the Caltrain. These are some ipad sketches. I use sketchbook pro. Just a little drawing when I can on the commute. Between episodes of cartoons, madmen, or catching up on dlisted.com, here are a few...

Beasts & Beats Art Show : TAROT CARDS
Final:





Show put together by Zynga Artists. April 7.

One A Day : 30 days FAIL.




fell off the horse for this last month. hit 14 or 30. part of being a little lost artistically. want to do something, but not sure what as I gear up to a life post sjsu...

1 a day / 30 days : month 2

I made it to day 60 of consecutive speed paints. Would be nice if it was double that number, but just hitting the goal was what I was aiming for. I think it is now in my system. This batch I started out stylizing the paintings more. Pretty much after that, my goal was figuring out how to simplify stuff without noodling. After a while, I realized that I need more challenging subject matter and not just what I wanted to use as reference. My next goal is to do 30 days of imagination speed paints. That will be my next goal....

Speed Paint : One Month Difference

What a difference a month makes. This is a speed paint I did twice. The left is a month ago (45 mins). The right I did today (30 mins). I'm happy to see improvement. I have been doing at least one a day. I'm on day 42!

Visceral Games Test : DEAD SPACE World


This is some old artwork I found from earlier this past semester. I was recruited to do an art test for Visceral Games (EA), makers of Dead Space and some others. I was asked to create an environment piece in the style of the game. This was my pass. It was fun, sooo different from what I normally do. I didn't get the job...

Calvino Continued.... (development)
Color Script..? (first attempt)

Wheelbarrow...

Moment 03 Ideation & Thumbs


Moment 04 (& 05?) Ideation & Thumbs


What I'm going to squeeze out before the end of the semester. 2 weeks left...

1 a day / 30 days

Here are 30 speed paints done in 30 days (45 minutes or less). My new habit and hopefully addiction that won't get derailed. Its easy to say you're gonna do this and then quit. Artist Goro Fujita came by SJSU and recommended doing this saying it wasn't easy, but so helpful to him. I don't see much of a leap, but I did get faster. We'll see how month 2 goes. For now... here's my first 30.

BFA GALLERY
Animation/Illustration 2011 Graduating Class Show

May 03 is the opening night of the BFA Graduating Class end of the year Show. I repeated the BFA seminar as part of my Graduate studies and will be featured in this show. A lot of hard work was done by all the students featured in the show. Please come by and visit.

Opening Reception:
Date: May 03 2011
Time: 6PM
Location: SJSU Art Building
Room: 224

Italo Calvino - "The Enchanted Garden"
W.I.P.s....
Environment Compositions


Trees Style Guide

Plants & Flowers

Environments Comps
Entering the Enchanted Garden
View of Villa from Garden


Comps: Hedge Entrance to Garden

Thumbs to Comps

Villa Comps

Posting for posterity... Need something new on here also posting it allows me to see with fresh eyes for the next day. Some of these are a real mess... Need to clarify. Everything due this Friday :D

ZEITOUN Design Assets
Story Moment






Visual Development project
based on book ZEITOUN
by Dave Eggers

In the meantime...


fig painting sessions... only once a month at SJSU, but I will take what I can get... switched to oils this semester, and am "working it out." heh

Zeitoun Story Moment Thumbs (In Progress..)



This blog needs more love...
Lets try this again... Final semester at SJSU yay! Finishing up my masters in the Animation/Illustration seminar. This is a small batch of story moment thumbs to get loosened up for our project based on Dave Eggers book, Zeitoun.

Revisions: Exploratory Work for Jorinda & Joringle redux

color elevations

color isometrics

details

doors & foot bridges

Hey. New work that I did this week. I'm revisiting an earlier project and started with some color & design explorations. Next pass will be to texture & light these. Just felt I needed to post something again...

BFA - Collabo...


This was a background I provided for my classmate Kathleen O'Brien for her final animation project. It was a quick turnaround because her other collaborators fell through. It was fun to get back into the mix and really like working with others, especially when they are pleased.
The Top image is the background I did. Below is a shot of the animation profided by Kathleen... I think she still intends to get the lighting to match the background just right...

New Artz: BOARD TRACK RACING
Project 01 for MA/BFA Fall 2010


Explorations...